Shams Charania has finally opened up about his reporting on the Luka Doncic trade, and the story behind it is almost as crazy as the deal itself. During an appearance on The Young Man And The Three podcast,

ESPN's Shams Charania said his first reaction to learning the Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers was to ask: "Is this f--king real?" "My hands were shaking," Charania told Kenny Beecham and Cam Johnson on Thursday's episode of The Young Man and The Three.

Everyone remembers where they were on the night the Mavericks traded their franchise superstar, Luka Doncic. As the man who broke the trade, Shams Charania had no idea what he was in for that night but it was a time he will never forget.